I’ve been thinking a lot about the business side of writing lately; of course, like any devoted ex-Liberal Arts major, I can’t but think any business of art a crude and unfortunate evil that causes my first-year poetry students–with the utmost of solemnity–to define Great Literature as *ahem* “whatever makes the most money.” Of course, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writing’
Pitches, man, Pitches
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, cultural theory, literature, little big, pride and prejudice, publishing, the magic ring, ulysses, watership down, writing on June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Always something…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Business Scientology, evil, jobs, Landmark Education, writing on January 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I got fired last week, or let go, or laid off, or whatever the polite way of saying I don’t have a job is. Since I had only received positive feedback, was doing (by my own assessment) a really great job at everything, and when pressed all they would say was “It wasn’t a good [...]
Exclamation points are vapid
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged communication, emotion, punctuation, reading, writing on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes I wish there was something in between a period and an exclamation point. A calmer, softer piece of punctuation that says: “yes, this is good news and I’m quite happy about it…but it’s not a ‘jumping out of my chair’ kind of happy and that’s perfectly all right.” Like many other people, I go [...]
